Campbell releases list of 3 dozen who will support him for NH House Speaker

State Rep. David Campbell, D-Nashua, released a list of three-dozen state representatives he says will support his bid for House Speaker if he and they are all elected in November.

Campbell, a self-described moderate, built a coalition of moderates and those who are not fans of his Democratic rival, former House Speaker Terie Norelli, D-Portsmouth. He will need a lot more than 36 votes to even be the person Democrats put up for the speakership.

Getting elected house speaker is a three-step process. First, a state representative must get elected to serve their local community on the Nov. 6 ballot. Then they must win the support of their political party in at private party caucus of state representatives later in November. Last, they must somehow secure a majority of the 400 state representatives in early December.

This is Campbell’s second attempt to become speaker. After the 2010 elections, he lost the party caucus endorsement to Norelli, who served as the speaker from 2006-2010.

Norelli has not publicly released her own list of supporters, but she is expected to be a front-runner for Democrats.

On the Republican side current House Speaker Bill O’Brien, R-Mont Vernon, is seeking another term and is being challenged by state Rep Lee Quandt, R-Exeter.

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